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The platform is solid, there is a reason it has been ubiquitous within american gun culture for more then a century. The gunsmiths of yester year took care and precision in fit and finish of these old girls, the modern manufacturing process leaves much to be desired however. I have seen about a dozen kimber customs shop 1911s that the feed ramp geometry is beyond fucked, to the point where it won't feed anything not 230 ball. And I have seen tons of old clapped out GI models that still run anything and everything all day. Read about the original tests of the platform, truly a monumental firearm that may be old, but all the modern polymer pistols owe another of their design to it.
Be it from a glock to a 1911, from a H&k to yes, even a few Tarus, as long as the fitment is there and the firearm is properly maintained and lubricated you can trust your life to it. But not hi points, throw that shit in the trash.

Never had an issue with one. 230 grain FMJ to 185 grain wad cutter hollow points. Polish the ramp and a mil spec will eat whatever it's fed. Nothing wrong with the caliber either. My Thompson does thirty round clips without a hickup. Hell even a highpoint eats ammo without issue.

"But muh break in period!"

"You're using bad mags!"

"Your 1911 isn't a $3,000+ Wilson Combat or Debauer"

".45 is the Lord's caliber"

...and on and on.

I've got a couple 1911s, and they are the last pistols I'd ever trust my life with. They're novelties that I wanted to like.

Guys; just buy Hi-Point. They are cheap, reliable, ugly and when you run out of rounds you can wield it like a cave man club.

The biggest problem with the 1911 is that it's too tight a design. It's arguably too accurate for a pistol, which is why target shooters swear by them, but it doesn't really matter if it makes a 2" circle at 100 yards or 5". That's not the range you'd need to use it at. But keep it clean and lubed and if it was manufactured to decent tolerances it'll work.

(The round is another issue, it's large and heavy but very slow. I'm more fond of best mm.

It was an impressive gun 100 years ago.

I suppose John Moses Browning's other top design, the Hi Power, is a piece of shit as well.

All you’ve ever done is make fun of what I own, yet you have never posted a pic of anything you own. Come on man, let’s see some photos. What you got?

Anything not made by H&K is absolute trash.